It is time for a human rights based approach to national security
By Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada. Human rights or security? In Canada and around the world the debate rages on; but it is an utterly false debate. […]
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Feyisa Lilesa sheds light on abuses in Ethiopia
By Gloria Nafziger: Refugee and Migrant Rights Coodinator On August 21, as Silver medalist Feyisa Lilesa finished a marathon at the Rio Olympics, he crossed his arms above his head […]
How fear of surveillance is forcing activists to hide from public life in Belarus
By Joshua Franco, Technology and Human Rights Researcher at Amnesty International “In principle if I am talking indoors, or on the phone, or writing emails, I assume it all gets […]
“I will never stop” – a mother’s campaign to free her son in Iran
By Ezat Taheri, Canada, 4 May 2016, 11:16 UTC Iranian spiritual teacher and prisoner of conscience Mohammad Ali Taheri has been in pre-trial solitary confinement for five years, and has launched over a […]
Sole witness to Berta Cáceres murder: “It was clear she was going to get killed”
By Josefina Salomón, News Writer at Amnesty International The armed men who burst into the house of Honduran Indigenous leader Berta Cáceres on 3 March had a simple plan: find […]
A miscarriage of justice in Argentina: #FreeBelen
Fernanda Doz Costa, researcher on the Americas, reports from a protest outside a court in Argentina where “Belen” returns after being sentenced to eight years following a miscarriage. It […]
8 reasons why we still need International Women’s Day (and what you can do about it!)
International Women’s Day, March 8, is a rallying point for feminists worldwide. Established by the United Nations in 1975, it is a day to celebrate women’s achievements while highlighting remaining […]
Egypt’s courageous few fighting for human rights
By Mohamed Lotfy, Executive director of the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms and former researcher for Amnesty International. Never before in my 10-year career has working on human rights […]
Gay Syrian refugee couple build a new future in Germany
By Lorna Hayes and Khairunissa Dhala from Amnesty’s refugee and migrants’ rights team at Amnesty’s International Secretariat Said and his partner Jamal – who is living with HIV – fled […]
Deadly attacks risk casting a shadow over human rights in Tunisia
By Sara Hashash, Amnesty International’s MENA Press Officer, in Tunis. After the suicide attack on a bus carrying presidential guards in central Tunis last night, life in the capital seemed […]
5 reasons why Prides matter
By Lesly Lila, London, UK As the 2015 Pride season ends, we look at why Pride events are still so important for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people and activists […]
A Saudi Arabian father’s urgent plea to see his son freed from death row
By Mohammed al-Nimr, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia Every time I enter and leave my house through our garage, a bicycle in the corner catches my eye, shining brightly. Looking at […]